Tocotrienol may protect against DNA damage, says study - Nutra USA, 9/24/07
- "There are eight forms of
vitamin E: four tocopherols (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) and four
tocotrienols (alpha, beta, gamma, delta). Alpha-tocopherol (alpha-Toc) is the
main source found in supplements and in the European diet, while
gamma-tocopherol (gamma-Toc) is the most common form in the American diet ...
While the majority of research on vitamin E has focused on alpha-Toc, studies
into tocotrienols account for less than one per cent of all research into
vitamin E ... blood cells from patients receiving the tocotrienol-rich
supplement had significantly less DNA damage after three and six months of
supplementation than those in the placebo group" - [Abstract]
- See my favorite
Jarrow FamilE (contains all eight members of the vitamin E family, includes
Tocomin) at Amazon.com.

Lack Of
Sleep Doubles Risk Of Death... But So Can Too Much Sleep - Science Daily,
9/24/07 - "Those who had cut their
sleeping from 7h to 5 hours or less faced a 1.7
fold increased risk in mortality from all causes, and twice the increased risk
of death from a cardiovascular problem in particular ... those individuals who
showed an increase in sleep duration to 8 hours or more a night were more than
twice as likely to die as those who had not changed their habit, however,
predominantly from non-cardiovascular diseases"

Diet And
Medications May Assist Prevention Of Prostate Cancer - Science Daily,
9/24/07 - "dutasteride,
has reduced by 50 percent the number of cancerous biopsies among men with benign
prostatic hypertrophy ... In one study of selenium,
the incidence of prostate cancer was reduced by 49 percent over ten years ...
Data already suggests novel uses of statins, commonly prescribed
cholesterol-lowering agents, and insulin modulating drugs, such as metformin or
the glitazones" - See dutasteride at
OffshoreRx.com.

Treatment Found To Reverse Hair Loss - Science Daily, 6/11/07 -
"one of each pair of twins was given 0.5 mg/day of
the medication, the other receiving a placebo ... After both 6 and 12-month
intervals, hair loss was found to not only have been halted in twins using
dutasteride, but hair growth was actively improved"

Glucose Benefits of Wine in Diabetics - Medscape, 9/21/07 -
"At the end of three months, 91 subjects remained in the
study; those in the alcohol-intervention group experienced a statistically
significant drop in fasting plasma glucose, from a mean of 139.6 mg/dL to 118
mg/dL"

Starchy diet 'may damage liver' - BBC News, 9/21/07 -
""High-glycaemic" foods - rapidly digested by the body -
could be causing "fatty liver", increasing the risk of serious illness ... After
six months on the diet, the mice weighed the same, but those on the high GI diet
had twice the normal amount of fat in their bodies, blood and livers"

Stimulants Help Students With ADHD - WebMD, 9/20/07 - "Kids
with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
who take Ritalin or other prescription stimulants are more likely to achieve
long-term academic success than children with ADHD who don’t take drugs"

Pomegranate Juice vs. Prostate Cancer? - WebMD, 9/20/07 -
"The prostate tumors grew more slowly in the mice that
got the pomegranate juice orally or by injection, compared with mice that got
the placebo"

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Exceeds Expectations - WebMD, 9/19/07 -
"Gardasil came on the market last year for preventing
infection with two strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), 16 and 18, that are
responsible for up to 70% of all cervical cancers, and HPV 6 and 11, which
account for 90% of genital warts"

Cell Phones May Cause Hearing Loss - WebMD, 9/19/07 -
"One- to two-year users had a 16.48 decibel loss in the
high-frequency range, he says, while those who used the phones more than four
years had a 24.54 decibel loss ... That decrease in hearing over a relatively
brief period may not be noticeable to mobile phone users but would be of concern
to a hearing expert"

Alcohol and
Cardiovascular Health - Medscape, 9/10/07 - "The
cumulative scientific evidence demonstrates concordant J-shaped associations
between alcohol intake and a variety of adverse
health outcomes. These data suggest that alcohol consumption, like exercise, is
most cardioprotective when done daily and in moderation.[29] It is tempting,
based on the current wealth of evidence, to recommend small daily doses of
alcohol (e.g., 1 drink per day) to nondrinkers with or at high risk for CV
disease. Guidelines for sensible drinking developed in the United Kingdom state,
"Middle-aged or elderly men and postmenopausal women who drink infrequently or
not at all may wish to consider the possibility that light drinking may benefit
their health".[42] We occasionally make this recommendation to patients well
known to us who have no personal or family history of substance abuse, have no
history of depression or bipolar disorder, and are nonsmokers. However, light to
moderate drinking cannot be universally recommended to the general public or
even patients with CV disease"

Clinical Update on
Benefits of DHEA - A4M, 4/6/04 -
"Recently, researchers discovered important
anti-inflammatory properties of DHEA. It was known that DHEA can lower the
levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)"
- See
iHerb or
Vitacost
DHEA products.

Human C-reactive Protein Regulates Myeloma Tumor Cell Growth And Survival
- Science Daily, 9/15/07 - "CRP protects myeloma
cells from apoptosis induced by chemotherapy drugs and stimulates myeloma
cells to secrets more IL-6, which in turn provides additional protection to
myeloma from apoptosis and stimulates liver cells to secrete more CRP. Thus,
CRP could be a therapeutic target for breaking the vicious circle of myeloma
to improve the therapeutic efficacy of currently available treatments"

Chemical can slow memory - USA Today, 3/1/06 -
"The team discovered that people with the highest IL-6 levels had the worst
scores. These low performers didn't have scores that signaled Alzheimer's,
but they had a less-than-stellar ability to multi-task or to remember new
information"

Low-dose Periostat (Doxycycline) Shows Benefits in Patients with Heart
Failure - Doctor's Guide, 11/20/02 -
"At six-month follow-up, sub-antimicrobial dose
doxycyline significantly reduced CRP levels by 45.8 percent compared to
baseline values (p<0.05). The drug was also associated with a 33.5 percent
reduction in interleukin-6 and a 50 percent reduction in metalloproteinase
... The findings are exciting, since research is now showing that CRP is
both a key marker of inflammation leading to future acute coronary events,
but also that CRP itself may contribute to the initiation and progression of
atherosclerosis"

Another Study
Suggests Inflammation May Trigger Diabetes - WebMD, 7/17/01 -
"The immune system and inflammation may be factors
causing type 2 diabetes ... women who had high levels of immune system
substances called C-reactive protein or interleukin-6, or both, in their
blood were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes ... Both C-reactive
protein, called CRP, and interleukin-6, or IL-6, are considered indicators
for inflammation"

Plasma interleukin-6 is associated with psychological coronary risk factors:
Moderation by use of multivitamin supplements - Brain Behav Immun. 2003
Aug;17(4):296-303 - "Plasma IL-6 was independently
associated with anger, hostility, and severity of depressive symptoms ...
Multivitamin use was associated with lower plasma IL-6 levels, but only
among men with high composite factor scores ... These data suggest that
plasma IL-6 is elevated among healthy men characterized by a propensity for
anger, a hostile disposition, and greater severity of depressive symptoms
and that multivitamin supplements could ameliorate plasma IL-6 levels among
these men"

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